Which of the Following Dispatching Rules Tends to Minimize Job

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which of the following dispatching rules tends to minimize job flow time?

• A) FCFS: first come, first served
• B) SPT: shortest processing time
• C) EDD: earliest due date
• D) LPT: longest processing time
• E) FCLS: first come, last served

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Definitions:

Interest-Rate Cost-Of-Funds

Represents the interest rate that banks or other financial institutions pay for the funds that they use in their operations, including deposits and loans from other institutions.

Perfectly Elastic

A term used in economics to describe a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied changes infinitely in response to any change in price.

Expected Rates

Anticipated figures or percentages, often pertaining to finance, such as interest rates or returns on investment.

MU/P

The ratio of marginal utility to price, used to measure the additional satisfaction gained per unit of currency spent.